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ART578744 Comp copy
© 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY
Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup II: Vegetarian Vegetable Soup (The Alphabet Soup) (1969)

INSPIRED BY PAPA ED, twenty-six artists who use words in their works of art. Research by Alana Ruiz de la Peña.

ART402167 Comp copy
© 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; bpk Bildagentur/Staatsgalerie/Art Resource, NY
A. Andy Warhol, Untitled (City Text) (1962)
Kruger TheBroad comp copy
The Broad Art Foundation, © Barbara Kruger
B. Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your body is a battleground) (1989)
Wool run dog run copy
© Christopher Wool
C. Christopher Wool, Untitled (1990)
Untitled (Switch off your brain),
© David Shrigley. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2021; © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY/DACS, London
D. David Shrigley, Untitled (Switch off your brain) (2009)
IMG 0127 cmyk copy
Courtesy of the artist
E. Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Telling many Magpies, Telling Black Wolf, Telling Hachivi (1989)
ART214158 Comp copy
© Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY
F. False Start, Painting by Jasper Johns (1959)
LIFE IS A KILLER
Courtesy Sperone Westwater, NY
G. Giorno, John, Life Is a Killer (2018)
ART360481
© Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Courtesy of Jenny Holzer/Art Resource, NY
H. Holzer, Jenny, From Truisms (1982)
ART554327 copy
© Morgan Art Foundation Limited/ARS, NY/Art Resource, NY
I. Indiana, Robert, LOVE (1966-1999)
I Put A Spell On You (2015)
Courtesy of the artist
J. Jeffrey Gibson, I Put A Spell On You (2015)
NOV.3, 1996 from Today series (1966 2013)
© On Kawara; bpk Bildagentur/Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duesseldorf, Germany/Achim Kukulies/Art Resource, NY
K. On Kawara, NOV.3, 1996 from Today series (1966-2013)
ART466252 Comp copy
© Glenn Ligon; Digital Image © 2021 Museum Associates/LACMA, Licensed by Art Resource, NY
L. Ligon, Glenn, Rückenfigur (2009)
ART461252 Comp copy
The Jewish Museum, New York/Art Resource, NY
M. Mel Bochner, The Joys of Yiddish (2012)
4x5 original
© 2021 Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Digital Image © 2021 Museum Associates/LACMA, Licensed by Art Resource, NY
N. Nauman, Bruce, Human Nature/Life Death/Knows Doesn't Know (1983)
OY/YO by Deborak Kass in Brooklyn Bridge Park
© 2021 Deborah Kass/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Photo courtesy of Deborah Kass/Art Resource, NY
O. OY/YO, Sculpture by Deborah Kass (2015)
Phase One FX, HMI, 150mm lens, ISO 400, f11, 1/15 sec, photo: Paige Knight
© Raymond Pettibon; Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY
P. Pettibon, Raymond, No Title (Self-portrait. Richer) (2001)
Quality Material comp copy
The Estate of John Baldessari
Q. Quality Material, Painting by John Baldessari (1966-68)
KR11646 AGNSW2015Photo MimStirling copy
Courtesy of the artist
R. Rosen, Kay, Blurred (2004)
ART433096 Comp copy
© Cy Twombly Foundation; bpk Bildagentur/Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany/Jochen Littkemann/Art Resource, NY
S. School of Fontainebleau, Painting by Cy Twombly (1960)
I loved you copy
© 2021 Tracey Emin. All rights reserved, DACS, London/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
T. Tracey Emin, I Loved You More Than I Can Love (2009)
2009 20 Andrew Garn
© Guerrilla Girls, courtesy guerrillagirls.com
U. gUerrilla Girls, The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist (1988)
Violin and Newspaper copy
© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; The Philadelphia Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY
V. Violin and Newspaper, Painting by Georges Braque (1912-13)
ART457383 Comp copy
© 2021 Lawrence Weiner/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation/Art Resource, NY
W. Weiner, Lawrence, Earth to Earth Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust (1970)
Dfb6d8ef8eb9a223ad4489ab485ce66d copy
Courtesy of the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation
X. feliX Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Portrait of Jennifer Flay) (1992)
IN2438 002 CCCR Press Use copy
Digital Image © 2019 The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Photograph by Heidi Bohnenkamp
Y. Yoko Ono, PEACE is POWER (2019)
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (1920)
© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Presented to Tate Archive by David King 2016/© Tate, London/Art Resource, NY
Z. El LissitZky, Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (1920)